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If you’re interested in some good Independence Day listening that reminds you indirectly of the innate goodness of the American project, give a listen to Russ Roberts’s interview of University of Chicago Economist Bruce Meyer, who specializes in the study of poverty. As the episode summary says, the “conversation also addresses broader challenges around measuring…
Among the most fascinating (if disturbing) aspects of the abortion is that the position typically taken by the materialists implicitly rely on a mystical distinction. Most don’t want to acknowledge that their view is that it is permissible to kill some innocent human beings. Humanity has long known that the individual human life begins at…
Campus Reform has the story, reported by Ben Zeisloft, of a student protest at Ohio State University, wherein students expressed outrage that the university had labeled an assault on White students as a “hate crime.” Ponder the significance of this statement from Student Solidarity at OSU: OSU sent out an email on Friday confirming that…
Something in a Richard Fernandez essay on PJ Media feels very appropriate to Rhode Island’s current situation. He writes of the ways in which Western populations have attempted to ensure that people in power make decisions with the good of the people in mind, rather than the good of the powerful, and notes various ways in…
The advocate in me always raises questions when the analyst in me strives to explain what my political opposition is missing. Knowledge is power, so there’s advantage to allowing a competitor to march in the opposite direction. Of course, in a game, that’s not sporting, and in life, it’s morally questionable. Noah Rothman suggests in…
The RIRepublicans Twitter account tweeted out the picture of the Narragansett Times from today used as the featured image for this post. The South Kingstown school committee chair, Emily Cummiskey, the school superintendent, Linda Savastano, and the controversial National Education Association organizer who was on the school committee have all resigned. These are added to the…
The map used for the featured image of this post comes from an article by Ian Donnis for The Public’s Radio titled, “As some states clamp down, Rhode Island still embraces payday lending with the equivalent of a triple-digit interest rate.” The implied opinion behind the headline pretty well sums up the framing of the issue…
It’s great news that Nicole Solas is getting some heavy-duty legal support in her efforts as an engaged resident of South Kingstown. William Jacobson reports for Legal Insurrection: Now Solas has some high-powered legal help. The Goldwater Institute, which has a very strong litigation wing, will be representing Solas according to a press release issued today…
Cornell law professor William Jacobson, highlights an important U.S. Supreme Court ruling, writing on his Legal Insurrection blog: In an Opinion issued today, the Supreme Court has stricken a California policy requiring disclosure of large non-profit donor information to state regulators. The case establishes the important principle that if you want to make, ahem, large donations to…
Even just the headline of Alexander Bolton’s article on The Hill gives the game away: “The weird story behind Sheldon Whitehouse’s beach club furor.” Take whatever side you want on Sheldon Whitehouse as a U.S. senator and his family membership in an exclusive Newport beach club, but the story isn’t weird. It’s part of an established…
